This paper assessed ground water quality of Bhavnagar region for determining its suitability for drinking purposes. Ground water samples, collected from 12 different locations of Bhavnagar region for winter, summer and post monsoon seasons, revealed that pH of all samples was neutral to slight alkaline. Turbidity of all samples was within permissible limit. Total dissolved solids, total hardness, fluoride, chloride and chromium were beyond permissible limit in some samples. In most samples, iron was beyond permissible limit. Zinc, copper and manganese were within permissible limit.

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